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Herbert Spencer was born on April 27,1820 in Derby, England. His father, George Spencer, struggled for years to develop a career, he repeatedly changed jobs in attempt to find the right one, but failed. ... Spencer gained a fiercely independent mind from his parents. ... As a child Spencer was very sick, but he was the only one out of his eight other siblings to survive. ...
Spencer obtained his first job as a civil engineer on the railways at the age of sixteen. ... In “The Principles of Sociology” Spencer drew a sharp distinction between the peaceful productivity of free market societies, which was the industrial type of society, and the social conflic, political privilege, and proclivity to war and empire inherent in societies with “over-legislation”, which was the militant type of society. In “The Man versus the State” Spencer argued that the politics of vested interests and the increasing demand for economic regulation would lead to a new form of “slavery” and a “rebarbarization” of society. ... Spencer also discussed in his book, “First Principles”, the idea of an equilibrium that must be maintained in economy. ... In these articles Spencer also advocated the abolishment of poor laws, national education and a central church, as well as he wanted the lifting of all restrictions on commerce and factory legislation.
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